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Man killed by nephews over land dispute in Nagpur

12:00 am June 19, 2021

Nagpur: A farmer was killed allegedly by his nephews over a land dispute in Katol area of Nagpur, police said on Friday. Accused Gopal Gadhve (29) and Prafulla Gadhve (27) had attacked their uncle, Ashokrao Gadhve (40), with an axe on June 12, and he succumbed to his injuries on Friday morning, the official said. […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Kanpur official suspended over fraud in state-run scheme

11:59 pm June 18, 2021

Kanpur (UP): The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday suspended the social welfare officer of Kanpur in connection with major irregularities in distribution of marriage grants under the government’s ‘Shaadi Anudan Yojana’. The social welfare officer, Amarjeet Singh, has been suspended and attached to the state headquarters of the social welfare department in the state capital, […]

CRPF deployed outside NIA office in Mumbai

11:58 pm June 18, 2021

Mumbai: A day after the National Investigation Agency arrested former police officer Pradeep Sharma in the case of explosives-laden SUV found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s house and the murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran, teams of CRPF were deployed outside its office in South Mumbai on Friday. Sharma, famous as `encounter specialist’ when he was in […]

COVID-19: 10 new cases in Noida, 8 in Ghaziabad

11:56 pm June 18, 2021

Noida/Ghaziabad: Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 10 new COVID-19 cases on Friday while Ghaziabad had eight along with one death linked to the coronavirus, official data showed. With this, the overall number of positive cases reached 62,950 in Gautam Buddh Nagar and 55,522 in Ghaziabad, according to Uttar Pradesh’s Health Department data for a 24-hour period. […]

UP: 15-year-old girl raped by relative

11:55 pm June 18, 2021

Banda (UP): A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her relative here, police said on Friday. The victim had come to her maternal grandparents’ home here. She had gone out to attend nature’s call on Wednesday when 22-year-old Sunder Yadav, the cousin of her mother, allegedly raped her and fled, (SHO), Banda City Kotwali police […]